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    Suggestions for wondrous items to craft?

    Before a desert adventure, I had a wizard give my PC's a "Everfull Waterskin" - they would always have something to drink in the desert..... --*Rob
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    Things I dislike about Dragon Mag.

    Glad I'm not the only one who noticed this!!!! It takes forever to get a subscription started. Even when the circ. director at Paizo asks the folks at their fulfillment house to do something, they do not do it. It took 3 months to get my subscription started after I got it as a gift sub...
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    Do you have kids? Do they RPG with you?

    It is VERY rewarding - we need so many more people to be Bigs. At the agency I work with alone there are over 200 boys waiting for Big Brothers. I'l throw my plug out there now: If you can devote 4 hours a week doing something fun with a boy or girl - be a BIG brother or sister. I will have...
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    Do you have kids? Do they RPG with you?

    I don't have a child yet - on the way in September. BUT - I AM in the Big Brother program and my little bro is 11 and he plays with my group sometimes. He is getting the hang of it. --*Rob
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    Dragon 305 back cover ad-worse then the F-word?

    Oh I didn't think they did it totally on purpose. I was quite surprised they would have accepted an ad with those details in it - especially since it was a back cover ad. Imagine a parent standing in a Barnes and Noble - 13 year old boy asks to get DRagon - mom looks at back ad and sees...
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    Dragon 305 back cover ad-worse then the F-word?

    Anyone taken a look at the ad on the back of Dragon 305 for Confrontation? Isn't the woman a bit, uh, graphic? Her nipples are showing and dare I say her crotch is also a bit revealing (think camel). I'm no prude, but is that really necessary in an ad? Or does it just go with Dragon's more...
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    [DRAGON #305] F-bomb dropped, Doc M fascinated.

    I don't see WHY Dragon has fiction in it in the first place. Give me 4 or 6 extra pages of material I can use for my campaign! I never read the fiction anyway. I had never heard of this George R. R. Martin until now either....
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    [OT] What's on YOUR Winamp playlist?

    Cake - Mahna Mahna Over and over and over.... It really is an awesome version of the song originally done on Sesame Street and The Muppet show. Once you get it in your head, you WON'T get it out.... --*Rob
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    "Sculpt Self" Feat- how to customize to Lightning?

    I currently play a cleric of Zeus. I was looking at Dragon #304 - and I really like the "Sculpt Self" feat and those that come after. Since I am a cleric of Zeus I was considerig taking this, if I could figure out a way to have it manifest itself as a kind of "lightning/electric" thing for my...
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    [Dragon] #305 Contents

    No, actually the deal is: A gift subscription was put in for me for christmas. The person who gave it mailed the gift subscription about 2 weeks before Christmas. I figure, ok - it'll get in, I'll get my first issue in January. I've given gift subs before, they usually don't take too long to...
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    [Dragon] #305 Contents

    Ok, then you received it in the mail? Because if you did, then I need to contact Paizo and have them nudge their fulfillment company. --*Rob
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    [Dragon] #305 Contents

    Has it gone in the mail to subscribers yet? I've been having some issues with Paizo and their fulfillment house regarding a gift subscription I was supposed to get, and I want to know as soon as it hits the mail, so I can nudge them again. To their credit - Paizo has been completely good about...
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    FLGS in NYC/NJ

    If you're going to be in the Trenton/Princeton area of Jersey - come out to Gamer's Realm in West Windsor. --*Rob
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    Does your Spouse/Significant other game with you?

    We have 2 couples in our group of 7. Our DM, and his wife (a player) and another couple - both players. It works out well for them. My wife didn't want to play although she has played in the past. It's just too much for her to take time away from the daily routine for. --*Rob
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    [OT] Naming a child Arwen

    A guy here at my work named his kid (and this is not a joke): Vegas Cashman Rockefeller That is his real last name. Can you imagine that kid going through life with that name? Arwen is perhaps more normal compariatively! Now if you had said you were going to name your boy Sauron....hmm...
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    Does being invis stop AoO?

    I think also you need to take into consideration if invisibility was cast before or after the melee began. If an invisible person walks into a room with their party and melee ensues. The other party cannot determine there is an invisible party to attack UNTIL the invisible person actually...
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    Teaching the game to a new player

    I agree - the boxed set really jumpstarts things for new players. I taught my 11 year old little brother (Big BRother program) to play this way, and now he's really getting the hang of the more advanced rules and playing along with my gaming group sometimes (We're all in our 30's). Does your...
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    Where can I download & print a nice character sheet?

    http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/free_material.htm#cleric Quintessential Cleric sheet.... --*Rob
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    Retail Gaming Store Economics [LONG]

    One thing I think a lot of gaming stores overlook is the use of non-gaming materials as income. One of the biggest of these would be - Food and drink. As long as you can keep it isolated (relatively) to your gaming area - where a lot of the regulars come to sit and game - it would seem to be a...
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    Like the game, hate the habits

    Look, this is no different an arguement then people have about smoking in restaurants, public places, etc... It's futile and absurd. If you can't put up with it, don't play. That simple. The host makes the rules. Some people smoke - that's a fact of life. Some people are considerate, some...
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